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Apr 2021
10m 20s

Janet Yellen proposes global corporate m...

Financial Times
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US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is calling on other countries to join the US in setting a corporate global minimum tax, and bond investors who took big risks at the outset of the pandemic are enjoying big returns. Plus, the FT’s greater China correspondent, Kathrin Hille, discusses how a little-known chip company that dominates the global semiconductor industry is navigating political tensions.  


Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax

https://www.ft.com/content/79023ff2-c629-429c-8a34-16bf68b4ea15


Investors scoop up huge returns from companies’ crisis-era bonds

https://www.ft.com/content/2de01274-bf03-4788-ab94-c26189b9baea?


TSMC: how a Taiwanese chipmaker became a linchpin of the global economy

https://www.ft.com/content/05206915-fd73-4a3a-92a5-6760ce965bd9


GameStop shares fall after it announces plan to sell $1bn in stock

https://www.ft.com/content/ddc11198-f162-484c-9131-a7a0b0346178?



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